Chapter 19 The cloud country accompanies the capital Xunyang County, shrouded in war clouds
In the land of Jiangzhou County, the water flows to the north, leading to Jianghan, and the Yangtze River runs through it.
The inner barrier mountains include Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain in the east, Wuling Mountain in the south, Dahong Mountain in the north, Wushan Mountain and Daba Mountain in the west. It has the solidity of Jincheng and the danger of mountains and rivers.
There is the Han River Plain in the middle, with thousands of miles of fertile fields, rich scholars and people, enough to support hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
By governing Xiazhou City, Xiangzhou became a fortified city in the world. From this, we could look north to the prosperous land of the Central Plains.
Jiangzhou City peeps to the southeast, and based on this, it guards the Yangtze River, and looks at the Sihuai River. If there is a slight movement of troops, the Xia Kingdom's court will be shaken.
And Jiangling City, which was chosen as the capital of the Yun Kingdom, naturally has its own unique features!
It borders the Han Dynasty and Mian in the north, takes advantage of the South China Sea, connects the land south of the Yangtze River of the Xia Kingdom in the east, and connects Jiangyang and Anshun counties in the west. It is the land for military use.
Today's Emperor Yun aspires to unify the world. The process is not yet halfway through, so it is too early to choose a new capital.
However, based on the current situation, if you want to continue to use troops against Xia State, it is most appropriate to choose Jiangling City as the companion capital!
After two years of continuous renovation and construction, the scale of Jiangling City has expanded several times.
In the newly built palace city, there are many palaces and pavilions, which are majestic, solemn, majestic and majestic.
Because Jiangling City's status as the capital of the Yun Kingdom was confirmed, in just two years, the population of the city became more and more prosperous, and it was even sixty-seven times as grand as Zhongqing City, and it was very prosperous and wealthy.
[Purple Ceka, accompanying the capital system
Card effect: After use, you can establish a companion capital. The city that is established as a companion capital will have public support +10. Within three years, the population and business of the companion capital will increase by 30% every year. A maximum of five companion capitals can be established. For each companion capital established, the rate of famous ministers will be
+1%, natural disaster rate -1%, imperial power +5, and the probability of rebellion is reduced.
Card explanation: Although the Qin Dynasty had its capital in Guanzhong, it still imitated the system of the Eastern Capital of Zhou Dynasty and built a palace in Luoyang.]
Under the influence of the purple ceka [capital system], this actually corresponded to the saying "One year to form a gathering, two years to form a city, three years to form a capital". In a short period of time, Jiangling City had what it deserved.
Capital weather!
But today, the previously bustling and bustling Jiangling City seemed a little deserted.
Tens of thousands of elite Imperial Guards poured into the city, dispersed the people on the main streets, and strictly guarded key points.
Officials from Dongchang, Niangan Department, Punishment Department, and Dali Temple were patrolling continuously at this time to monitor any suspicious persons.
And among this group of Yun Kingdom imperial masters, the most eye-catching thing is the strange beast that was pulled here by someone, and its stature is comparable to that of a tall war horse!
It has a dragon head, deer body, dragon scales, tail hairs that stretch like a dragon's tail, four thick hooves, and a mighty figure.
Just looking at its physical features, it looks very much like the legendary auspicious beast Qilin!
But if you take a closer look, you can see that there is a single horn on the top of its head and black hair on its body. Its eyes are wide open, bright and sharp, and it is slightly different from the legendary auspicious beast.
At this time, this strange beast was led by someone. When it reached an alley, it suddenly stopped and roared towards the deep alley ahead.
Its roaring sound is deep and powerful, like a bell and a bell, which makes people's minds wander and create a sense of awe.
When the leading imperial master saw this situation, his expression suddenly tightened. He waved his hand violently, and immediately dozens of high-level warriors rushed into the deep alley.
Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting in the courtyard in the alley.
In just a moment, the high-level warriors who rushed in quickly came out with bloody weapons, bowed their hands to the leader, and said:
"Sir, the seven embroidery envoys of the Xia Kingdom intended to harass the officials and create chaos. At this time, they have all been captured!"
The leader nodded slightly, then led the group of people, bowed slightly to the strange beast, and said respectfully:
"Thank God Sheep!"
The alien beast's head was slightly raised, its wide-open eyes flashed with agility, and it patrolled forward again.
This strange beast, known as the "god sheep", is the auspicious beast "Qilin" that Wen Tiren presented as a gift.
At that time, both Xiao Cheng and all the civil and military officials in the court, after seeing it, thought it was the legendary auspicious beast Qilin that symbolizes benevolence!
Xiao Cheng raised it in the palace, but as its body grew, the horns on the head of this "Qilin" became sharper and straighter. Black hair also grew all over its body, becoming like a unicorn wearing scale armor.
The Kirin mythical beasts are quite different.
At this time, Xiao Cheng realized that something was wrong.
This is not the auspicious beast Qilin. It is obviously the legendary beast Haechi, which can distinguish right from wrong, good and evil, loyalty and traitor!
The divine sheep is another name for Haechi.
As a mythical beast born from the aura of heaven and earth, it has its own special mystical qualities.
Just like in mythology, Haechi has special abilities and can sense someone's character, distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, loyalty from evil.
If there is a fight, it will step in to stop it, and then use its horn to knock the person who started the fight to the ground, which looks quite magical!
Today's Jiangling City is extremely safe both internally and externally.
Just in case, Cheng Bushi, who is now in charge of the defense of the capital, personally came forward and invited the sacred beast raised by His Majesty to check whether there was anyone with ulterior motives in the city.
Within just a few days of being invited, Haezhi had already helped various yamen and arrested dozens of people with evil intentions. He gained unanimous respect from the superiors and subordinates, and the usual name for Haezhi became the honorific title "Sacred Sheep".
While the city was still patrolling for fear of any mistakes, a group of local civil and military officials, led by Cheng Bushi, Zhang Zhao, Yan Song and others, waited early in front of the city gate.
Such a huge formation is obviously the result of the Holy Spirit's arrival today!
Then I saw a huge ceremonial guard on the straight road in the distance, surrounded by the elite of the forbidden army, approaching in a mighty manner.
The Yuhu, which symbolizes the majesty of the emperor, is in the middle of the team. Behind it, there are a large number of hundreds of official carriages that can't be seen at a glance. They are very majestic and majestic.
This time Xiao Cheng led hundreds of officials out of Zhongqing City, but some local officials cleared away the local bandits in advance. General Yang Zaixing, who was known for his bravery and bravery, wiped out all the disobedient forces along the way.
Therefore, the journey this time seemed to be particularly smooth. It did not take long before we arrived at Jiangling City, the capital of the Yun Kingdom!
Seeing His Majesty's arrival, all the civil and military officials in Jiangling City immediately knelt on the ground and shouted:
"I bow to Your Majesty and wish Your Majesty your blessings!"
Feng Bao pushed open the door of the jade carriage, revealing Xiao Cheng sitting inside wearing the royal crown robe.
"My lords, please forgive me without paying any courtesy!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone thanked him first, and then stood up and bowed to listen to the holy message.
Xiao Cheng paused and said in a deep voice:
"As I arrive here, the city must be under martial law. The lives of the people will be deeply affected and inconvenienced. The officials have worked hard all the way and are tired by now. So I will skip the etiquette and go directly to the palace!"
After hearing what His Majesty said today, the ministers quickly bowed and bowed again, respectfully saying:
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to settle in Jiangdu Palace."
Having said that, the officials quickly moved out of the way, and Cheng Wushi, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, personally led the way and took His Majesty to the newly built Jiangdu Palace.
The Yuhu drove again. Xiao Cheng looked at the street scene of Jiangling City outside through the car window and said in a deep voice:
"We've arrived in Gangneung..."
Arriving at Jiangling City means that the war that has been suspended for more than two years will start again!
But this time, Yun State, which had occupied Jiangzhou County and had been preparing for two years, pointed its sword at Jinling City, the capital of Xia State. At this time, Xiao Cheng had already thought of attacking the capital of Xia State and overthrowing the Yu family ancestral temple.
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Xia Kingdom, Xunyang County, Qichang Prefecture.
At this time, Qichang Mansion, with the Yun Kingdom occupying Jiangzhou County and the Xia army's defeat, has become the forefront of the border between Yun and Xia!
Less than a hundred miles upstream from Qichang Mansion is the Dazhi Mansion in Jiangzhou County of the Yun State. Even standing on the Qichang Mansion City, you can clearly see the Yun State Navy on the river not far away, who are constantly practicing.
In the past two years, the war has subsided, but the war clouds are still thick here, and there is no let-up.
At this time, in the Xia Army camp in Qichang Mansion, a group of Xia Army generals gathered in the commander's tent in a hurry.
"Commander, please report to the front line. The Yunjun camp is moving. It seems that there are troops available!"
"Commander, there is news coming back from the Panlong Water Village. The Yun Kingdom Navy has also taken action. All the ships have left the navy camp and come down the river!"
"Oh, I've been peaceful for two years, why are you suddenly taking action now!"
"Could it be that the Yun Army has placed an undercover agent in our army? Otherwise, just after they transferred three thousand elites, the Yun Army suddenly made a big move. What a coincidence!"
The generals were talking continuously at this time, and many veteran generals who had been on the battlefield couldn't help but look panicked when they heard the movement of Yun's army!
There is really no other way. The commander of the Yun army stationed in the upper reaches of Qichang Mansion is the right army of the Yun state who destroyed hundreds of thousands of elite southwest frontier troops of the Xia state in the battle of Rongcheng, thus shocking the world and making the Xia army fearful.
Governor of the Dudu Mansion, Wu Zixu, Marquis of Qujing!
Even though Wu Zixu today is not the most capable among the generals of the Yun Army, he is undoubtedly the one with the strongest deterrent effect on the Xia Kingdom!
Listening to the discussions in the handsome tent, panic continued to spread. The tall figure standing in front of the chief of the handsome tent, with his hands behind his back, coughed loudly.
The generals of the Xia Army, who were still looking panicked at first, now all looked at the figure, and the panic in their hearts calmed down a little.
Xia Guoqin was granted the title of Marquis of Hanchuan and made General Liao Gu. At this time, he slowly turned around and glanced at the generals calmly.
The originally chaotic handsome tent became completely calm.
Speaking of Liao Gu, the Marquis of Hanchuan, he is also a famous figure in the Xia Army today!
In the original Battle of Rongcheng, it was under his command that hundreds of thousands of elite border troops were wiped out by Wu Zixu.
Because of this battle, Liao Gu's reputation was completely ruined and he was dismissed from the military.
I thought that after this, Liao Gu would have no hope of turning around.
But he never thought that in just one year, he would transform and become a hero of the Xia Kingdom who turned the tide and defeated Yun general Wu Zixu several times. He had a beautiful saying of "knowing shame and then being brave".
Today, Liao Gu, after the Xia army retreated from Jiangzhou City, was ordered to gather and reorganize the troops and take full control of the defense of Nanyang County and Xunyang County. He faced the military front of Yun General Wu Zixu. It can be said that he is now the backbone of the Xia Kingdom!
Seeing all the generals stop talking and bowing their heads, Liao Gu immediately said decisively:
"Although I don't know if Yun Jun is pretending to be a sheep attack today, just to tease us, or he has arranged and bribed the traitor. But the current situation really cannot be careless!"
"Immediately give an order to move my commander's banner to the front line. I will personally lead the personal guards and garrison the front line to prevent the Yun army from taking an inch further!"
"In addition, dispatch three thousand soldiers and horses to reinforce Panlong Water Village. Immediately light beacon fire and smoke to warn the water villages along the river. We must prevent the Yun Army Navy from flowing down the river!"
Compared with the performance of the generals just now, the decisiveness and courage shown by Liao Gu at this time is very eye-catching and makes people feel convinced.
The generals of the Xia army who were still looking panic at this time also cheered up, bowed in unison, and responded in a deep voice:
"The last general will wait, obey the order!"
After saying that, the generals immediately turned around, quickly walked out of the commander's tent, and went to rectify their respective troops.
After everyone had left, and about half a cup of tea had passed, there were several personal guards who quickly walked into the commander's tent without any need to communicate at this time.
When he saw the visitor breaking into the commander's tent, Liao Gu not only did not get angry, but his straight back collapsed, and the calm and resolute look on his face turned into anxiety and panic, and he couldn't wait to ask.
road:
"What's going on? Why did they suddenly mobilize troops?"
Upon hearing Liao Gu's inquiry, the guards at Nianzhang, who were dressed as soldiers of the Xia army, slightly cupped their hands and said:
"Don't panic, sir. It's just an act."
"Because of the turmoil in the four counties of Xia Kingdom and Hailing County in the southeast, it is necessary to send troops back from the front line. This matter is not done secretly. At this time, I, the Yun Kingdom, should deliberately test it!"
Although the mobilization of soldiers and horses on the Xia Kingdom's front line was as transparent to the Yun Kingdom. Not to mention that the frontline coach Liao Gu was directly installed by the Yun Kingdom.
But if this is the case, it would be an abnormal reaction if the Yun State did not send troops to test it.
But in order to avoid Xia Guo's suspicion, today's sudden troops were sent out.
After hearing this, Liao Gu finally let out a breath, and then said with a clear heart:
"In the future, we need to explain things like this earlier."
Hearing this, the guard at the sticking pole smiled slightly and said confidently:
"In this battle, Qu Jinghou will still defeat him in one battle. This time I also took the opportunity to give you a share of credit..."
Having said this, the guard at Sticky Bar paused and then said:
"Anyway, it won't be long before adults don't need to worry so much, hehe."
Hearing this, Liao Gu's expression froze.
Obviously, this sentence is already telling Liao Gu, Yun, and Xia that a battle between the two countries is really about to happen!
Facing the Yun army, which is well prepared, has sharp troops, and even knows all the situations on the Xia Kingdom's front line, the upcoming war will inevitably sweep over like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves...
